Spoke-puller.



No. 885,445. PATENTED APR. 21, 1908. J. R. GRENSHAW.

'sPoKE PULLBR.

APPLICATION FILED DEU. 9, v1907.

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JOSIAH REAMES CRENSHW, OF NEWBORN, GEORGIA.

SPOKE-PULLR.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JosiAH REAMES OREN- sHAw, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newborn, in the county of Newton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Spoke-Puller, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to spoke pullers of that general class shown and described in my former application for patent filed J une 25, 1907, Serial No. 380699.

The object of the invention is generally to improve the spoke puller and to adapt the same for extracting spokes of different thicknesses by allowing a limited lateral Inovement of the spoke engaging members between the side walls of the supporting frame.

A further object of the invention is to provide the s oke engaging members with inclined han le supporting shanks so as to prevent the handles from catching on the spokes of a wheel when the latter is dished or concaved.

Afurther object is to provide the spoke engaging members with integral segmental ge ars which intermesh and thus positively actuate boti members when either handle is operate Further ob'ects and advantages will apear in the following description, it being unerstood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the ap ended claims.

4n the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciiication: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a spoke puller constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view, the handles being shown in dotted lines in inoperative position. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of a portion of the frame.

l Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The improved spoke puller forming the subject 'matter of the present invention includes a supporting frame comprising spaced side members 5 having their upper portions extended laterally at 6 and their lower ends provided with concaved bearing surfaces 7 adapted to bear against the exterior surface I of the hub of a Wheel, that portion of the side l Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 9, 1907.

Patented April 21, 1908.

Serial No. 405,779.

members between the extensions 6 and the coneaved faces 7 being preferably inclined or beveled, as shown.

interposed between the side members of the frame are spoke engaging members S and 9 which latter are substantially cylindrical in shape and mounted for rotation on suitable transverse pins or-stub shafts l0 ournaled in the side members 5.

The spoke engaging members S and 9 are provided with a plurality of flat bearing surfaces 11 and l2 arranged in spaced relation and adapted to register with cach other te permit the insertion of a spoke between the same, each spoke engaging member being also provided with a plurality of longitudinal teeth orribs 13 disposed adjacent each stepped bearing 1l and which bite into the adjacent walls of the spoke and prevent the latter from slipping when the device is operated to extract a spoke from the hub of a wheel.

Secured to or formed integral with one end of each spoke engaging member is a segmental gear 14 which meshes with the teeth of the adjacent gear so that when either operating handle 15 is depressed both spoke. members will be actuated to grip the adjacent spoke.

Extending laterali)T from one side of each segmental gear 14 and preferably formed integral therewith is a shank 16 for attachment to the adjacent operating handle 15, said Shanks being curved or deflected outwardly so as to permit the operating handles 15 to clear the adjacent s okes on a wheel when said wheel is of the dished or coneaved type.

Formed in the uprights or side members 5 of the supporting frame are elongatedslots 17 which constitute bearings for the pins 10 whereby said pins together with the spoke engaging members may be adjusted laterally of the supporting frame thereby to accommodate spokes of different thicknesses.

As a means for limiting the lateral movement of the spoke engaging members suit able screws 18 are threaded in the walls of the extension 6 with their inner ends disposed in the path of movement of the adjacent pins l0, as best shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. lt will thus be seen that by rotating the screws 1S the pins 10 may be adjusted longitudinally of the slots so as to force the teeth into the adjacent walls of the spoke, a further downward movement of the handles causing the members to exert an upward pull on the spoke and thus effectually extract the same from its socket in the hub of the wheel, When the spaces between the flat bearing surfaces 11 and 12 of the spoke engaging members are too narrow to receive the spoke, said members may be adjusted laterally by rotating the screw 18 in the manner before described.

Attention is here called to the fact that the side members 5 by engagement with the adjacent walls o f the spoke serve to lock the supporting frame against accidental displacement during the extracting operation, while the inclination of the shanks 16 prevent the operating handles from catcing or bearing against the adjacent spokes when the handles are actuated to extract a broken spoke.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that there is provided an extremeljT simple, inexpensive and efiicient device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A spoke puller comprising a frame having elongated slots formed therein and constituting bearings, spoke engaging members journaled in said bearings and provided with inclined handle supporting shanks, 'said spoke engaging members each being provided with a plurality of stepped bearing surfaces and each having a roughened surface disposed adjacent each bearing surface, and means for limiting the lateral movement of the spoke engaging members.

2. A spoke puller comprising a frame hav-l ing elongated slots formed therein and constituting bearings, spoke engaging members journaled in said bearings and provided with intermeshing teeth, said spoke engaging members each being vprovided with a plurality of stepped bearing surfaces and each having a roughened surface disposed adjacent each steppedlbearing inclined handle supporting members extending laterally from the spoke engaging members, and adjusting screws threaded in the frame and bearing against the adjacent ends of the spoke en gaging members for limiting the lateral movement thereof.

3. A spoke puller including a supporting frame comprising spaced uprights having their upper ends provided with lateral extensions and their lower ends formed with concaved bearing faces, there being elongated slots formed in the extensions of the side members, transverse pins journaled in said slots, spoke engaging members mounted for rotation on the pins and provided with intermeshing gears, said spoke engaging members each being provided with a plurality of stepped bearing surfaces and each having a roughened surface disposed adjacent each bearing surface, inclined handle supporting shanks extending laterally from the spoke engaging members, and screws threaded in the longitudinal edges of the extensions and bearings against the adjacent pins for limiting the lateral movement of said spoke engaging members.

4. A spoke puller including a supporting frame comprising spaced side members having their upper ends provided with lateral extensions and their lower ends formed with concaved bearing surfaces, the longitudinal edges of the side members between the extensions and concaved bearing surface being inclined downwardly, elongated slots formed in the extensions of the side members, pins journaled in said slots, s oke engaging members mounted for rotation on the pins and each provided with a plurality of flat bearing surfaces disposed in stepped relation,

intermeshing gears formed on the spoke engaging members, inclined handle supporting shanks formedv integral with and extending laterally from the gears, there being a roughened surface formed on each spoke engaging member adjacent each stepped bearing, and adjusting screws threaded, in the walls of the extensions of the side members and bearing JOSIAH REAMES CRENSHAV.

Vitnesses JAMES H. CARROLL, G. D. HEARD. 

